Mia couldn't stand the constant poking. Not only was it irritating, but it HURT!

Unfortunately, there was nothing she could do about it. She had been a part of the plan of sacrificing Emily and needed to deal with the punishment. If she whined and complained and did anything to stop Emily from getting justice, she would have to deal with Serena, who was equally pissed off, but happy to let Emily handle all the Rangers' punishment.

This would be the very last time Mia did anything to put Emily in any kind of danger.

Finally, after jabbing her all through breakfast, Emily stopped. Mia breathed a sigh of relief and looked to the yellow Ranger.

"Am I done?"

Emily poked her once more and then nodded, "You're good. Learned your lesson?"

"You know I never would have let anything happen to you, right?"

"What could you have done to stop it?" Emily asked. "I was in Japan and you were here. Dayu could have killed me before you found me."

"Then I would have hated myself forever. And I would have to deal with an angry Serena."

"I'd have an entertaining afterlife if I got to watch that," Emily said and then got up from the table, "Now, I just have one more person I need to get."

"One more? You got Mike and I missed it?"

"I slept with the dog last night," Emily nodded. "Storm's been smirking at him all morning. It's pretty funny. On top of that, he's back in his Pooh costume. Humiliation is funny."

"I question you, Emily. You're not as innocent as you look."

"Of course not," Emily skipped away happily, "Where's Kevin?"

Mia nervously finished her breakfast, waiting for the inevitable scream and knowing she had gotten off lightly with the repetitive poking. Emily could have done worse – much worse. In fact, Mia was sure Emily was only going easy on the team because their plan had worked perfectly and no one had gotten hurt. If anything had happened, they would have been in for hell.

There was no scream until after training. Due to their punishment from Emily, Antonio and Jayden had given morning training a miss and were both hiding out in their bedroom. Because it was Jayden's plan, he was really taking a beating from Emily and needed the morning to bounce back.

Mike, however, was on the mat after locking the dog in the house and sticking his tongue out at Storm as she watched him from the window. There was a rivalry starting, and it wasn't about to die off anytime soon. In fact, Mia could see it getting worse and worse.

Kevin was out for training – though that was no surprise. Unless he couldn't get out of bed, he always made it to training.

Serena was also out. During the lesson she was somewhat slow because of the beating she had taken from Dekker and Dayu as they trained her, but she was still good enough to get her work done and practice a few things with Mia.

Emily showed up, but she was late. During training, Mia thought she would do something to Kevin. Hit him a little too hard on purpose, pants him, shower him in dirt, drop a stone on his foot, but Emily did absolutely nothing. She was her regular bubbly self. It was like no one had upset her in any way.

Then, when training was over and Mia went to her room to shower, she saw it. Everything had been moved. All her stuff and Kevin's stuff had been pushed around so they were a few inches from where they normally sat on their stands, tables and desktops. Mia didn't care, as long as everything had a place and the room looked clean, but she knew this would piss Kevin off. She started to snigger when she heard him approaching and stepped out of the room, closing the door.

"I just want to shower quickly," Kevin said when he saw she was keeping him out. "I'll be out of your way in ten minutes and then you can do whatever you need to do…"

"I am not responsible for what you are about to see," Mia said. "Nor is Mike," she added that part because Kevin usually blamed Mike for pranks like these, and thought that watching his fiancée sleeping with the dog instead of him was torture enough, especially when Storm wouldn't stop rubbing his face in it.

"What happened?"

Mia pushed the door open and Kevin's jaw dropped. She saw his eyebrow twitch and knew he was ready to lose it. It really made no difference to the room, but Kevin liked things to be perfect. He needed them to sit where they belonged and not a millimetre off. He also hated it when people touched his stuff without permission, and when people came into his room.

"Worst part is, you deserve it," Mia said. "Our plan was pretty risky. She has a right to be mad."

"Emily…" Kevin growled and clenched his fists. Mia chuckled. This was somewhat funny.

"She really got you. That vein in your forehead is sticking out like it used to before you and Mike were civil with each other."

"I'll kill her," Kevin said, "Does she not realize how long it's going to take to clean up this mess?"

"She realized," Mia laughed. "I think she knows exactly how long it'll take you to put everything back."

"She went too far," Kevin turned around, determined to talk to Emily about this mean prank, but as soon as he did he saw Serena standing at the end of the hall, with her arms crossed over her chest.

"You got off lightly, water boy," Serena said, "If anything had happened to her, I would have taken my lessons from Dekker and Dayu and practiced them on you. You're lucky I don't kill you now."

Kevin gulped and flicked his thumb in the direction of the room, "This shouldn't take too long to clean. The sooner I get started, the sooner I'll finish."

"There's a thought," Serena nodded and continued on her way. When she was gone, Kevin looked to Mia, who was still trying hard not to burst out with uncontrollable laughter. He knew she thought this was funny.

"Next time, we throw Mike to the wolves," he said. "Emily might still hate us, but at least Serena will find it funny."

-Samurai-

Dayu felt alone. She had Dekker walking a few paces behind her, but she still felt like there was no one left on earth she could count on. Xandred cared only for himself, Octoroo was always thinking of something, and it was never good for her, Serrator had betrayed her long ago, and though Dekker had no memory of Serena, he still seemed to be favouring her over Dayu. He had, after all, set her free.

She thought of going after the yellow Ranger again and making the Rangers suffer like she had suffered, but it wasn't worth it. All she would do was piss the Rangers off, really piss Serena off, and then she would be in for trouble.

She was stuck. With a sigh, she sat down on a log and kicked the dirt.

"You know, giving the right motivation, she will defeat Serrator," Dekker said. "She has the power. All she needs is a push. If we share her strength with Serrator, but make it out to be a weakness, he'll be setting himself out for destruction. We will have no blood on our hands."

"She'll hate you, you know," Dayu muttered. "Your precious Serena will forever loath you for putting her family in danger, and whatever deal you made with her that allowed her to leave, she'll break her end of it."

"I want my memories back," Dekker said. "As long as she never finds out we were behind Serrator's plan…"

"She'll know," Dayu sighed. "She'll find out. When she does, she'll kill you. She will not hesitate. It's a wonder you're still alive today."

"Urumasa…"

"Does nothing to protect you," Dayu said.

"Why do you hate her?" Dekker asked, "And why did it seem like she enjoyed pissing you off? Why does she hate me?"

"There's history."

"History I can barely remember," Dekker sighed, "and I'm getting the impression it's important."

"She stole something from me," Dayu said. "Something very important."

"What was that?"

"You," Dayu looked up at Dekker, hoping this would trigger something. Dekker just frowned.

"Me?"

"We cared for each other once. We were married. We still are, technically."

"But I've forgotten?" Dekker shook his head, "I am sorry, Dayu. I am not the person you once knew…"

"And it's because of her," Dayu said. "She stole you from me, and when she realized she couldn't change you, she dumped you and broke your heart like it never meant anything to her. She stole something from you too."

"What?"

"Your son."

Dekker shook his head, "I have no son. Why would she…?"

Dayu nodded, "You have a son, Dekker. A son with Serena. She never let you into his life. His name is Terran, and he is being raised by her and another man. A man who he will know to be his father, ignorant of the truth."

"The child… her son…"

"Is yours," Dayu said.

Dekker clenched his fist, "Why has she kept this hidden from me? Why have you kept this hidden from me?"

"Dekker…"

"I need to see him," Dekker said. He opened up a portal, ready to jump through and head back to Panorama City, "I need to see this for myself."

"She'll never let you near, Dekker. If you thought she was powerful while protecting her sister…"

"I'll force my way in," Dekker said. "If she has my son, my flesh and blood, and she's hidden him from me… I want him back."

"Dekker…"

"Either help me, or you'll be a part of the problem," Dekker growled. Dayu got to her feet and walked up beside him, taking his hand.

"Of course I'll help you," she said. "Unlike Serena, all I care about is your happiness."

Dekker scoffed and then jumped through the portal.

At first he thought Serena could help him and Dayu. After all, they both wanted the same thing, and his enemy's enemy was his friend, or at the very least an ally. However, it seemed that wasn't the case. His enemy's enemy was a threat. His enemy's enemy, Serena, was hiding behind Serrator, keeping herself covered so Dekker would never realize just how evil she truly was.

Breaking his heart, he could live with. He had no memory of his time with Serena and hearing he had his heart broken meant very little to him. Losing his memories was bad, but he knew one day he would get them back, or, because of the duel Urumasa craved, his life would end or the curse would end and he could start a new life.

Taking his son from him and hiding him away, Dekker couldn't forgive.

As they jumped through the portal, Dekker was angry, but Dayu had a smirk on her face. Without trying, it seemed things were coming together for her. Dekker now knew of her love for him and she could work at winning him back, and he seemed to be standing against Serena. He wasn't siding with Dayu, but he now saw Serena as a dangerous opponent.

Serena was her enemy, and Serena had now made an enemy out of Dekker.

As it turned out, for Dayu at least, her enemy's enemy was a friend.